Park Ridge men charged after raid turns up guns, ammo, drugs
YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A raid on a Park Ridge home turned up drugs, two rifles and three large-capacity magazines, leading to the arrests of two men, authorities said today. A joint investigation by...
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Jury clears driver in botched Ridgefield Park drug deal of 11 counts
EXCLUSIVE: Jurors today acquitted the driver in a scheme to rob an undercover narcotics officer in Ridgefield Park of 11 of 13 counts. He could still go to prison for several years, however, after they...
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Former Haworth police officer not guilty of lying on Bergen County Sheriff’s...
YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: Jurors in Hackensack today found a former Haworth police officer not guilty of deliberately omitting his resignation from the borough when he later applied to work for the...
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Leonia police release sketch in latest luring incident
PUBLIC SAFETY ALERT: Leonia police tonight released a composite sketch of a man who a 13-year-old girl said tried to lure her into his car, which she said already had an “upset” girl in the back seat....
View ArticleLeader of international theft ring that stole cars in Bergen gets nearly 22...
YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A Brooklyn woman was sentenced to nearly 22 years in federal prison yesterday for running an international car smuggling ring that shipped millions of dollars worth of cars...
View ArticleGarfield woman gets probation for beating boy caught having sex with daughter
ONLY ON CVP: A Garfield woman was sentenced yesterday to a year’s probation for assaulting a 15-year-old boy with a bat, threatening him with a machete and sending him home without his shoes after she...
View ArticleNew Milford ShopRite closed next 2 months, free shuttle to Emerson store
SHOUT OUT: Because the New Milford ShopRite will remain closed for the next two months while it’s entirely renovated, its owners are providing free shuttle bus service to and from the Emerson store...
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Elderly driver crashes car through side of Ridgewood takeout restaurant
An elderly motorist was cited for careless driving after his car smashed through the side of a Ridgewood Chinese restaurant this morning. The car slammed into the China King on North Maple Avenue in...
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Gunman in ski mask holds up Hasbrouck Heights Rite Aid
YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A robber pulled a ski mask over his face, pointed a gun at a Rite Aid cashier in Hasbrouck Heights and made off with the contents of a cash register last night. The robber...
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Sex offender found with pipe bombs, guns, ammo, Saddle Brook neighborhood...
YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A Saddle Brook neighborhood was evacuated last night as authorities seized several homemade pipe bombs and nine guns after a convicted sex offender menaced his girlfriend’s two...
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Street robbery, gunshots return Englewood police to troublesome neighborhood
ONLY ON CVP: An Englewood house that authorities said was recently home to a gambling den was the site of more trouble before dawn yesterday when two teens who’d just left a party there were robbed by...
View ArticleMan slashed by girlfriend on Fair Lawn bridge ends up arrested
YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A man slashed several times by his girlfriend during an argument on the Maple Avenue bridge in Fair Lawn ended up behind bars today when police turned up an arrest warrant out...
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Garfield CVS robber: Same M.O. as Hasbrouck Heights, Elmwood Park holdups
YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A gunman who robbed a CVS in Garfield this afternoon had the same M.O. as one who held up both a Rite Aid in Hasbrouck Heights and a Sunoco station in Elmwood Park last night,...
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Bergen bandit blamed for five weekend business robberies
YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A manhunt was under way for a Bergen County armed robber who is believed to have struck five times in a little over 24 hours this weekend — twice in Hasbrouck Heights and once...
View ArticleHundreds of NJ law enforcement officers to get autism awareness training this...
PUBLIC SAFETY: More than 450 New Jersey law-enforcement officers from 150 or so departments will participate in one of two day-long autism recognition and awareness training sessions this week, one of...
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Hackensack ex-con gets three years in statutory group rape of girl, 15
EXCLUSIVE: A Hackensack ex-con who said he simply “joined a party” was sent to state prison for three years for having videotaped sex with a 15-year old girl along with three of his friends. Justin...
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Hackensack middle school boy says driver tried luring him with ‘lost dog’ story
YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A Hackensack boy told police a man attempted to lure him to his car on his way to middle school this morning by asking him to help search for his sister’s lost dog. The boy said...
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New blood drives for Wallington Firefighter John Barnas set
HOW YOU CAN HELP: Blood drives are growing in support of John Barnas, a Wallington firefighter who is battling leukemia — with one coming up this Sunday and another the following weekend. The Pascack...
View ArticleBergen prosecutor offers Garfield couple in pot factory bust six to 12 years...
ONLY ON CVP: Bergen County prosecutors have offered a Garfield couple busted on major pot dealing charges plea deals of from six to 12 years. Sandra and Mark Pelicot, both of Main Street, were...
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Judge sets $2 million bail in Hackensack roommate beating death
YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A Bergen County judge has ordered the accused killer of a Hackensack man found bloodied and beaten in a bedroom closet after nearly 13 hours held on $2 million bail. Clayton...
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